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The Papers of Dwight Eisenhower

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June 7, 1944 - Dwight D. Eisenhower observes air activity from the deck of a warship in the English Channel off the French coast. Courtesy Dwight Eisenhower Presidential Library.

 

Johns Hopkins University

Additional information at http://eisenhower.press.jhu.edu/

A comprehensive edition of the papers of Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (1890 –1969), the 34th President of the United States. He had previously been a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe; he had responsibility for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45 from the Western Front. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO. After World War II, Eisenhower served as Army Chief of Staff under President Harry S. Truman and then assumed the post of President at Columbia University. Eisenhower served two terms as President of the United States, 1953 to 1961.

Complete in 21 volumes.

 

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